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The Last Laugh (Der letzte Mann)

by: F.W. Murnau

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: last laugh, letzte mann, silent, friedrich murnau, german expressionism, kammerspielfilm, drama, Emil Jannings

Publisher: UFA

Language: German

Item Size: 2.4G

"Der letzte Mann" (1924) - a classic German silent film telling about hotel's old doorman fired from prestigious job at a luxurious hotel to work in bathroom.

He tries to conceal his demotion from his friends and family. The film characterizes near-absence of the intertitles; there is only one intertitle...

This is TV version for German television broadcaster ZDF from 1983.

The film is in two parts.

Director: F.W. Murnau

Producer: Erich Pommer
Screenplay: Carl Mayer

Production Company: UFA
Audio/Visual: silent, black & white (tinted)